Lobotilla Bischoff, 1920 . Arch. Naturgesch. 86A(1–3): 24, 27 (in key); 334 (description). Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla leucopyga Klug, 1829 (female), by original designation.

Taxonomic history. Junior subjective synonym of Trogaspidia Ashmead, 1899 according to Bradley &

Bequaert, 1923: 229. Resurrected to subgeneric status (in Trogaspidia Ashmead, 1899) by Hammer, 1955: 400. Junior subjective synonym of Timulla Ashmead, 1899 according to Brothers, 1975: 592 . Resurrected to generic status by Nonveiller, 1975: 174, 1980a: 67. Valid generic name.

Sex association. The male of the type species was associated and identified (as Mutilla opaca Lepeletier, 1845: 624) by André, 1902: 22; its identity was clarified and it was redescribed by Nonveiller, 1999: 269.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic.